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Language, Culture and the Dynamics of Age
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 168.00The book explores the role of age in communication under consideration of various age groups (the elderly, middle-aged, teenagers, children), genres, cultures and languages. The social skewing of the contributions explains the book's focus on discourse-mediated social identities, with age implicated as a viable controller of how social action is strategically... more...
Language, Society and Power
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 33.95Language, Society and Power is the essential introductory text for students studying language in a variety of social contexts. This book examines the ways in which language functions, how it influences thought and how it varies according to age, ethnicity, class and gender. It seeks to answer such questions as: How can a language reflect the... more...
Introducing Pragmatics in Use
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 33.95Introducing Pragmatics in Use is a lively and accessible introduction to pragmatics, which both covers theory and applies it to real spoken and written data. Pragmatics is the study of language in context, yet most textbooks rely on invented language examples. This innovative textbook systematically draws on language corpora to illustrate... more...
Language Function
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2011; US$ 85.00Dr. Arwood outlines a revolutionary four-tiered model of how learners acquire language, and suggests ways to impose visual language functions onto an auditory language like English in order to improve learning for both neurotypical learners and those with neurogenic disabilities. more...
Clinical Communication Skills
Hong Kong University Press 1996; US$ 40.00A well-known Chinese idiom states: 'seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times'. Certainly 'eeing' is the most effective way for medical students to learn about child health and clinical paediatrics. In situations when the real clinical conditionis not available for viewing, a good picture is the best alternative. more...
Linguistic Supertypes
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 154.00By integrating ideas of Peirce, Bühler, Bakhtin, Piaget and Jakobson, in this book the author defines three linguistic supertypes each operating with either the situation in reality, the speaker's experience of it or his condensed information to the hearer. The theory is built step by step on the basis of a detailed examination of individual languages... more...
Your Voice and How to Use it
Ebury Publishing 2011; US$ 14.67Anxiety about how we speak prevents many of us from expressing ourselves well. In her classic handbook, Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and world-famous voice teacher, tackles the reasons for this anxiety and explains her practical exercises for relaxation and breathing, clarity of diction and vocal flexibility - everything... more...
The Power of Silence
Karnac Books 2011; US$ 27.95This book demonstrates that silence is eloquent, powerful, beautiful and even dangerous. It surrounds and permeates our daily lives.Drawing on a wide range of cross-cultural, literary and historical sources, the author explores the uses and abuses of silence. He explains how silence is not associated with solitude alone but has a much broader value... more...
Entropy of Hidden Markov Processes and Connections to Dynamical Systems
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 64.00A collection of survey papers presenting important new results and focussing on the computation of the Shannon entropy rate. more...
Make a Great Speech
Hodder & Stoughton 2010; US$ 19.92Written by a professional toastmaster, keynote speaker and voice coach, this book gives you all you need to make an effective speech on any occasion. From weddings and christenings to fundraising events and after-dinner speeches, it offers suitable material for any occasion, with practical techniques and strategies for everything from using props... more...









